DUBLIN: When you’ve waited as long as Ireland have to play your first Test match, another day’s delay may not seem that significant. Cricket Ireland chief executive Warren Deutrom said Friday’s abandonment would see the national governing body lose 75,000 euros, having announced before the fixture that the cost of staging the match would be “around one million euros”. “There was a huge sense of excitement and anticipation about today, and a massive sense of pride,” he said. “If we can get some walk up with good weather (on Saturday), hopefully, it will be a more appropriate environment to start our first ball in Test cricket,” he added. Yet while many Irish sports fans are starting to get acquainted with cricket, the sport has deep roots in the “Emerald Isle”.

Source: Pakistan Today May 11, 2018 15:45 UTC